{"product_id":"bloodbath-nation-9780802160454","title":"Bloodbath Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn intimate and powerful rumination on American gun\u003cbr\u003eviolence by Paul Auster, one of our greatest living writers and \"genuine\u003cbr\u003eAmerican original\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), in an unforgettable collaboration\u003cbr\u003ewith photographer Spencer Ostrander\u003c\/b\u003eLike most American boys of his generation, Paul Auster grew\u003cbr\u003eup playing with toy six-shooters and mimicking the gun-slinging cowboys in B\u003cbr\u003eWesterns. A skilled marksman by the age of ten, he also lived through the\u003cbr\u003etraumatic aftermath of the murder of his grandfather by his grandmother when\u003cbr\u003ehis father was a child and knows, through firsthand experience, how families\u003cbr\u003ecan be wrecked by a single act of gun violence.In this short, searing book, Auster traces centuries of\u003cbr\u003eAmerica's use and abuse of guns, from the violent displacement of the native\u003cbr\u003epopulation to the forced enslavement of millions, to the bitter divide between\u003cbr\u003eembattled gun control and anti-gun control camps that has developed over the\u003cbr\u003epast 50 years and the mass shootings that dominate the news today. Since 1968, \u003cbr\u003emore than one and a half million Americans have been killed by guns. The\u003cbr\u003enumbers are so large, so catastrophic, so disproportionate to what goes on\u003cbr\u003eelsewhere, that one must ask why. Why is America so different--and why are we\u003cbr\u003ethe most violent country in the Western world?Interwoven with Spencer Ostrander's haunting photographs of\u003cbr\u003ethe sites of more than thirty mass shootings in all parts of the country, \u003ci\u003eBloodbath\u003cbr\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e presents a succinct but thorough examination of America at a\u003cbr\u003ecrossroads, and asks the central, burning question of our moment: What kind of\u003cbr\u003esociety do we want to live in?\u003cb\u003eA portion of proceeds from this book will be donated to\u003cbr\u003ethe Violence Policy Center, a nonprofit organization working to stop gun death\u003cbr\u003eand injury through research, education, and advocacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802160454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Auster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42506291708085,"sku":"9780802160454","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a488084e-b729-484d-94eb-aa46aadf7fb5.jpg?v=1668527818","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bloodbath-nation-9780802160454","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}